Amplitube 3 - screenshot (from NAMM)

[electro]

All I've been told is "in the coming weeks" - which I know isn't very exact but that's what I've got. I'll fill you in when I have better information. Thanks!

The big question no one has asked, which I think is probably the #1 complaint about AT3 - is the standalone going to finally SAVE the INPUT GAIN, so it doesn't default to +6 every time it's opened?

Wouldn't the #1 complaint about AT3 be the 200MB RAM heist per instance?

No, because a lot of us have more than your puny 2 GB of RAM, hardy har har! If you want dee best you musta buy dee best.

The way I see it, by buying Amplitube 3 you just saved yourself $$$$$ in buying real gear. So what's a couple hundred to upgrade RAM? Or you can always freeze your tracks to free up that RAM.

32 to 64bit transition is not so simple.

Win32 - Win64 is about alot more than just adding some RAM

-A 64bit OS means Hardware Upgrades for most (a soundcard replacement)
-Too many VSTI and VSTfx are still not 64bit

In other words it is still too early and expensive to go 64bit just because of 1 vstFX.

[dhalfen]

In other words it is still too early and expensive to go 64bit just because of 1 vstFX.

Yeah, but you're still only using 2GB of RAM, according to your sig -- that's been "below standard" for several years now, ESPECIALLY on the 32-bit Windows end of things. Even 4GB (or whatever 3+ chunk is left after the house takes its cut) is skimpy there, but them's the breaks...

[electro]

In other words it is still too early and expensive to go 64bit just because of 1 vstFX.

Yeah, but you're still only using 2GB of RAM, according to your sig -- that's been "below standard" for several years now, ESPECIALLY on the 32-bit Windows end of things. Even 4GB (or whatever 3+ chunk is left after the house takes its cut) is skimpy there, but them's the breaks...

My sig is outdated and I have 4GB of RAM in a newer Quadcore WinXP system. A3 is still a no go in a project with several VSTI and a few sample libraries.

A move to X64 still needs more than 4GB RAM, at least 8GB and brand new soundcard.

[hibidy]

Hrmm....

I run AT3 in x64 OS within an x64 Host and I just counted 10 AT3 instances and it works great. Now, when I was running in 32 bit, this wasn't possible.

So, if we are saying that AT3 is bloated for those still in the 32 bit world, I would agree... 200MB per instance is a bit steep. Are all the amps and effects loaded whether you use them or not or something?

Jim

Oh yeah, mine works fine so far (except no mousewhell working in sonar under their bridge)

[ironman80]

I suggest to add to the wishlist the Diezel VH4 amp, the Fishman Aura Spectrum DI or Aura Sixteen stompbox to get a miked sound from an undersaddle pickup, and some acoustic guitar amp, like Marshall AS50D or Fender Acoustasonic Junior DSP.
That would be a dream come true!

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

There are definitely some nice acoustic amps/preamps out there. I'm hoping for at least one of those myself

[johnrrrrrr]

All I've been told is "in the coming weeks" - which I know isn't very exact but that's what I've got. I'll fill you in when I have better information. Thanks!

The big question no one has asked, which I think is probably the #1 complaint about AT3 - is the standalone going to finally SAVE the INPUT GAIN, so it doesn't default to +6 every time it's opened?

Wouldn't the #1 complaint about AT3 be the 200MB RAM heist per instance?

No, because a lot of us have more than your puny 2 GB of RAM, hardy har har! If you want dee best you musta buy dee best.

The way I see it, by buying Amplitube 3 you just saved yourself $$$$$ in buying real gear. So what's a couple hundred to upgrade RAM? Or you can always freeze your tracks to free up that RAM.

NO No NO

Your not understanding the problem. It doesnt matter how much Ram you have. I have 8 gigs.

No guitar plugin--NONE even uses 20 % of what this AMP3 uses. In fact, I dont have a single plugin in my studio (that doesnt include samples) that even uses 10 %. Its just poor coding. Its not a sampler..its shouldnt use more than an entire drumkit uses.

This leads to crashes. Anytime you ask a DAW, which is used to plugins that use 4 mega bites or much less, to use the equivalent of 50 plugins in one shot--your looking for trouble. I dont know how many power users are here--guys who do big mixes every day--but this plugin crashes under those circumstances all the time.

Remember, or realize, (if your not educated on such matters)---we are not talking about CPU use--so this huge amount of ram is not due to some super awesome algorithm that needs to be this big---it is NOT. Its loading in an ungodly amount of stuff that has no business being there if your mixing. Im am absolutely positive that this program would sound NO different if they used 10 % of the ram they are using now.

[dblock]

Just want to say how happy I am with Orange British amplifier. Reacts great with the Stealth Pedal and the wah10.
http://www.nalbantov.com/masters/Dimi_U ... s_Last.mp3


Dimi

I've followed your stuff on youtube. Are you using a preset (I don't believe you do). I'd love to get the settings for that.

[karrikuh]

NO No NO

Your not understanding the problem. It doesnt matter how much Ram you have. I have 8 gigs.

No guitar plugin--NONE even uses 20 % of what this AMP3 uses. In fact, I dont have a single plugin in my studio (that doesnt include samples) that even uses 10 %. Its just poor coding. Its not a sampler..its shouldnt use more than an entire drumkit uses.

This leads to crashes. Anytime you ask a DAW, which is used to plugins that use 4 mega bites or much less, to use the equivalent of 50 plugins in one shot--your looking for trouble. I dont know how many power users are here--guys who do big mixes every day--but this plugin crashes under those circumstances all the time.

Remember, or realize, (if your not educated on such matters)---we are not talking about CPU use--so this huge amount of ram is not due to some super awesome algorithm that needs to be this big---it is NOT. Its loading in an ungodly amount of stuff that has no business being there if your mixing. Im am absolutely positive that this program would sound NO different if they used 10 % of the ram they are using now.

+1000 on reducing RAM usage. I imagine this could also positively impact the time it takes to open a new plug-in instance. 300 MB per instance is just a waste of resources in my view, regardless of how low RAM prices might be.

[hibidy]

just a bump that this is the DEFINITIVE amp sim Man, it's just killer what it can do!

[heffus]

just a bump that this is the DEFINITIVE amp sim Man, it's just killer what it can do!

I agree. It's been a long time since I used anything else for guitar. I always seem to reach for this, even though there is some other good stuff out there.

[Clint Swank]

Is anyone else getting 403-Forbidden when trying to download the AT 3 demo? Tech support recommended switching browser/turning off firewall, neither worked. Any help out there?

[Cognition]

Fwiw, I've found "Eco" mode very useful for tracking. I do find Amplitube 3 takes up a lot of system resources during tracking and mixing, but setting it to Eco mode and switching back to High before mixdown allows me to squeeze more juice out of my multiple instances of various VSTs on my Quad Core.

If IK could optimize performance (as in reduce RAM dependency without affecting the sound), that would be extremely highly appreciated by their user base.

I'm loving the sound, but I agree the amount of resources required to run in High quality mode is significant (when running multiple instances in a multi track recording environment.

[electro]

No guitar plugin--NONE even uses 20 % of what this AMP3 uses.

Not even Amplitube irig!

All I've been told is "in the coming weeks" - which I know isn't very exact but that's what I've got. I'll fill you in when I have better information. Thanks!

The big question no one has asked, which I think is probably the #1 complaint about AT3 - is the standalone going to finally SAVE the INPUT GAIN, so it doesn't default to +6 every time it's opened?

Wouldn't the #1 complaint about AT3 be the 200MB RAM heist per instance?

No, because a lot of us have more than your puny 2 GB of RAM, hardy har har! If you want dee best you musta buy dee best.

The way I see it, by buying Amplitube 3 you just saved yourself $$$$$ in buying real gear. So what's a couple hundred to upgrade RAM? Or you can always freeze your tracks to free up that RAM.

NO No NO

Your not understanding the problem. It doesnt matter how much Ram you have. I have 8 gigs.

No guitar plugin--NONE even uses 20 % of what this AMP3 uses. In fact, I dont have a single plugin in my studio (that doesnt include samples) that even uses 10 %. Its just poor coding. Its not a sampler..its shouldnt use more than an entire drumkit uses.

This leads to crashes. Anytime you ask a DAW, which is used to plugins that use 4 mega bites or much less, to use the equivalent of 50 plugins in one shot--your looking for trouble. I dont know how many power users are here--guys who do big mixes every day--but this plugin crashes under those circumstances all the time.

Remember, or realize, (if your not educated on such matters)---we are not talking about CPU use--so this huge amount of ram is not due to some super awesome algorithm that needs to be this big---it is NOT. Its loading in an ungodly amount of stuff that has no business being there if your mixing. Im am absolutely positive that this program would sound NO different if they used 10 % of the ram they are using now.

Just Like X-Gear, A3 is loading every single module into RAM at once, and loading them all over again if you open a 2nd instance. I'm lucky to have even one instance loaded without getting a RAM allocation related crash. I once had a dream of having 6 instances of A3 loaded in a project.

[Dewdman42]

First I want to say how much I love A3. Its such a massive improvement over A2. Great work!

Quick question, I got an email today saying Hendrix edition on sale for $49 for next couple days. I had always thought about getting that edition when I was on A2, but it seems like A3 includes the Hendrix models now.

So first question, did all the Hendrix models end up in A3 already? Second question, would there be any advantage to buying Hendrix now for $49 notwithstanding? I guess it will have the Hendrix presets, but that's not really worth $49 to me. Any other reason?